The way I've seen it done is you make a big half square triangle with 2 pieces of fabric. You then cut it up evenly into 3-5 strips. Reverse the strips and sew. Tada!
HST
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Cut evenly (ignore that my right one is slightly bigger :D)
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Reversed
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Tada
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